The Canadian Press Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how it arrived is not clear, researchers say \u2014 perhaps it was in aquarium water \u2014 but decades later, thousands of genetic clones of the same organism have been spotted in 34 waterways around the province. Scientists are now trying to understand the impact of the gelatinous invaders, that are about the size of a quarter. Evgeny Pakhomov, a University of British Columbia biological oceanographer studying the phenomenon, said in an interview that the actual numbers of the jellyfish were unknown, but sightings could increase rapidly in coming years due to a warming climate. “This species actually thrives in the water which is more… <\/p>\n
The Canadian Press Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how it arrived is not clear, researchers say \u2014 perhaps it was in aquarium water \u2014 but decades later, thousands of genetic clones of the same organism have been spotted in 34 waterways around the province. Scientists are now trying to understand the impact of the gelatinous invaders, that are about the size of a quarter. Evgeny Pakhomov, a University of British Columbia biological oceanographer studying the phenomenon, said in an interview that the actual numbers of the jellyfish were unknown, but sightings could increase rapidly in coming years due to a warming climate. “This species actually thrives in the water which is more... <\/p>\n